CVC Words Worksheet – Short o and u
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say each sound: b – u – s. Blend them into one word: bus. Short o is the sound in “dog”; short u is the sound in “sun”.
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- 1.Change the “b” in “tub” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) tug (b) tag (c) tub
- 2.Which word is “bus”? (a) bus (b) sun (c) box
- 3.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) map (c) zip
- 4.Which word is “dog”? (a) log (b) dog (c) dot
- 5.🦊 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) z (b) t (c) f
- 6.🐶 Which word is this? (a) dog (b) dot (c) log
- 7.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 8.Which word is “run”? (a) bus (b) run (c) hen
- 9.Blend the sounds: b – u – s. Which word is it? (a) bus (b) bud (c) bun
- 10.Blend the sounds: r – u – b. Which word is it? (a) rub (b) tub (c) run
- 11.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 12.🥜 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) cat (c) net
- 13.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 14.🛁 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) bus (c) tub
- 15.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) p (c) d
- 16.Change the “c” in “cop” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tap (b) cop (c) top
- 17.Which word is “box”? (a) bat (b) log (c) box
- 18.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bad (b) bed (c) bud
- 19.Which word is “dot”? (a) dot (b) rat (c) hat
- 20.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) dog (b) fox (c) fog
- 21.Change the “p” in “cup” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) nut (b) cup (c) cut
- 22.Which word is “sun”? (a) can (b) bin (c) sun
- 23.Change the “n” in “nut” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) cub (b) cut (c) nut
- 24.Change the “d” in “dog” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) fog (c) dog
- 25.Change the “b” in “bug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) dog (c) dug
- 26.📦 _ o x — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) s
- 27.Change the “s” in “bus” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) run (b) bun (c) bus
- 28.Change the “s” in “bus” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) bus (b) bad (c) bud
- 29.🏃 Which word is this? (a) run (b) hug (c) can
- 30.🤗 _ u g — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) s (c) h
- 31.Blend the sounds: p – o – t. Which word is it? (a) cot (b) dot (c) pot
- 32.Which word is “hug”? (a) leg (b) bug (c) hug
- 33.Change the “h” in “hot” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) pot (b) hot (c) pat
- 34.🐶 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) g (c) f
- 35.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) t (c) s
- 36.Change the “n” in “nut” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) hut (c) nut
- 37.Which word is “fox”? (a) dog (b) six (c) fox
- 38.Blend the sounds: b – o – x. Which word is it? (a) box (b) fox (c) not
- 39.Which word is “log”? (a) dog (b) log (c) leg
- 40.🪵 _ o g — which letter is missing? (a) w (b) p (c) l
Answer key
- tug
- bus
- cup
- dog
- f
- dog
- o
- run
- bus
- rub
- u
- nut
- o
- tub
- d
- top
- box
- bud
- dot
- fog
- cut
- sun
- cut
- fog
- dug
- b
- bun
- bud
- run
- h
- pot
- hug
- pot
- d
- b
- hut
- fox
- box
- log
- l
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